Neil Munshi - West Africa - Bloomberg

<p>Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region. </p> <p>Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal</p> <p>Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Neil’s award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - <a href='https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx'>https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx</a></p> <p>His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - <a href='https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ'>https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ</a></p> <p>F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - <a href='https://bit.ly/3Poug4q'>https://bit.ly/3Poug4q</a></p> <p>Zikoko’s NairaLife - <a href='https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s'>https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s</a></p> <p>The Journalist and the Murderer - <a href='https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS'>https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS</a></p> <p>What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - <a href='https://bit.ly/3dsN84S'>https://bit.ly/3dsN84S</a></p> <p>Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - <a href='https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi'>https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/foreignpod'>@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/foreignpod'>facebook.com/foreignpod</a></p> <p>Music: <a href='https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/fake-love/lovechances-makaihcom/'>LoveChances (makaih.com)</a> by <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/'>Makaih Beats</a></p> <p>From: <a href='https://freemusicarchive.org/'>freemusicarchive.org</a></p> <p><a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY NC</a></p>